Hi Lenka, thank you so much for your suggestion! Your Midnight Milk Punch reminded me of the legendary Eggnog, Cary Grant offered so adorably in “The Awful Truth”. Only that in all the years I tried to serve the Eggnog all my guests denied in favour of some more transparent liquids. But you won’t believe it: just mentioning your name (so much cooler than Cary Grant!), everybody has been keen to try it. Big hugs […]
inspired by a beautiful coffee table book about the Venice kitchen and tasted last weekend: Pomegranate 1 part freshly squeezed pomegranate juice 2 parts Prosecco Squeeze the pomegranate using a lemon squeezer . Pour the juice into chilled champagne glasses and add the Prosecco. Alla salute!
My green walnut liqueur experiment finished and bottled! Of course I gave it to taste to all my friends who passed by. Here is a short collection of their judgements: could be sweeter! is this meant to be a medicine or just for fun? nice for Tiramisu with a touch of nut a bit rough, has it any healing effect? perfect with vanilla ice cream next year you should make more of those little bottles […]
1 pear 1 orange the juice of half a lemon a handful of lemon balm leaves a handful of nettle leaves 1 cup of coconut water
A short progress report and some photos of my liqueur de noix experiment: Right now it looks like poison and smells like furniture polish. Do you have any wood furniture you would like to have treated with a sugar/alcohol/noix solution?
I’ve recently been hooked on the green smoothie fever, all thanks to Victoria Boutenko and her two books “Green for life” and “Green Smoothie”. Here is my own little introduction to the power juice and detox wonder: Green smoothies typically contain at least 1 cup of water, leafy green vegetables and fruit, and often small amounts of secret power foods. The green smoothie can be served as breakfast, lunch or dinner because it is so […]
Today I cut some branches of my walnut tree. I felt bad for the bucketful of green walnuts that should go to waste, so I began a small search for a simple way to make use of the semi-ripe nuts. David Lebovitz in his blog “Sweet life in Paris” made the convincing suggestion: Liqueur de noix! In 2 months I will know whether this spontaneous experiment was a success.
Ok, the colours are not a 100% natural, but doesn’t it look sooo cool? It reminds me of the luxury of a hotel breakfast on the warm side of the globe, drinks by the pool and big fat hot summer…. Take 1/4 watermelon, cut in small cubes a handful of ice cubes 1tbs freshly squeezed lemon juice sugar to taste depending on the ripeness of the melon ( I prefer it without sugar; it’s […]
Believe me, this drink has been a real challenge to photograph! Due to the mixture of the violet acai berry powder, the dark orange quince sauce and the green portulaca leaves it quickly adopted an uninviting brownish greyish colour (just like a facial mud pack!) I took two nice glasses we inherited from Grandpa – those with the silver rims, poured in the drink and decorated it with pieces of beautiful apple skin. Now a […]
We didn’t wait for the first signs of a flu to sip a cup of linden blossom tea, this summer’s harvest. It is a gift from friends from Lipniky, a tiny slovakian village, which precisely got its name from an enormous old linden tree. And talking about linden blossoms: did you ever smell a linden tree in full blossom? It’s intense, dizzying, luring, evoking jasmine and tuberose….. Lucky the one who can sleep the siesta […]